Round RecapsNicolas Echavarria is the clubhouse leader at Sao PauloOn Saturday at the 2018 Sao Paulo Golf Club Championship, Nicholas Echavarria sits at 11-under and holds the clubhouse lead after finishing the second round and third round play was suspended due to darkness.

A native of Tucuman, he moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina, to work on his game with his coach and former Tour member Sebastián Fernández.

Tiger Woods is his favorite athlete to watch. Favorite team is Atlético Tucumán. Favorite course he's played is Olivos GC in Buenos Aires.

Ángel Cabrera, Eduardo Romero and Andrés Romero would round out his dream foursome.

Special Interests

Listening to music

Latinoamérica Victories (1)

2016 Flor de Cana Open presented by The Mortgage Store

CURRENT YEAR HIGHLIGHTS

Sao Paulo Golf Club Championship: Played solid golf all week in São Paulo, turning in four rounds in the 60s to finish second in his first PGA TOUR Latinoamérica start of the year after spending the season on the Web.com Tour. Opened with rounds of 68-64-68 at the weather-delayed, first-year event. In the final round, was three shots behind playing partner and leader Nicolas Echavarria with three holes to play. Birdied Nos. 16 and 17 to narrow Echavarria's advantage to one shot. Both players faced 10-foot birdie putts on the 72nd hole. He made his birdie putt, but it didn't matter as Echavarria putted first and made his putt to secure the title. It was his fourth career runner-up finish and 17th career top-10.

Club Colombia Championship: Took a share of the opening-round lead in Colombia after carding a first-round 5-under 66. Ended the week at 4-under 280 to finish T29.

Career Highlights

2018 Season

Was unable to follow up his strong 2017 season, struggling to a 117th-place finish on the Regular Season money list, failing to advance to the Web.com Tour Finals. Played in 20 events and did not record a top 10. Made the cut in half his tournaments, with a T13 his top outing.

Sao Paulo Golf Club Championship: Played solid golf all week in São Paulo, turning in four rounds in the 60s to finish second in his first PGA TOUR Latinoamérica start of the year after spending the season on the Web.com Tour. Opened with rounds of 68-64-68 at the weather-delayed, first-year event. In the final round, was three shots behind playing partner and leader Nicolas Echavarria with three holes to play. Birdied Nos. 16 and 17 to narrow Echavarria's advantage to one shot. Both players faced 10-foot birdie putts on the 72nd hole. He made his birdie putt, but it didn't matter as Echavarria putted first and made his putt to secure the title. It was his fourth career runner-up finish and 17th career top-10.

Club Colombia Championship: Took a share of the opening-round lead in Colombia after carding a first-round 5-under 66. Ended the week at 4-under 280 to finish T29.

2017 Season

Finished the Regular Season at No. 39 on the money list. Recorded two top-10 finishes in 20 starts. Finished the Web.com Tour Finals at No. 116.

BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by SYNNEX Corporation: At the weather-shortened event at three courses in South Carolina, put together rounds of 65-70-74 to finish T5 with four others, four strokes behind winner Stephan Jaeger.

Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship: Finished solo second in the final Web.com Tour event in the Dominican Republic. Shot a final-round 65 to make a late charge after beginning the day four strokes back. Finished a stroke behind eventual champion Nate Lashley.

2016 Season

Finished the PGA TOUR Latinoamérica season ranked No. 2 on the Order of Merit with a record of one victory, three runner-up finishes and four other top-10 finishes in 18 starts. He tied for the most top-10s on Tour (eight) and led the Tour in total birdies (287), rounds under par (43), rounds in the 60s (29) and consecutive cuts made (13).

Shell Championship: Had a solo second finish at the season-ending event in Miami, at Melreese CC.

Flor de Cana Open presented by The Mortgage Store: Opened the second half of the season with his first career victory at the inaugural tournament in Nicaragua in September. Entered the final round trailing by one and carded a 6-under 65 to win by one. At 25-under 259 for the week, he set a new 72-hole PGA TOUR Latinoamérica scoring record.

58 Abierto Mexicano de Golf: Had a runner-up finish in a playoff loss in Aguascalientes in May. Shot weekend rounds of 67-68 after opening 65-68, and that was good enough to force a playoff with Sebastián Vázquez, who won the extra session.

2015 Season

Finished the PGA TOUR Latinoamérica season ranked 17th on the Oder of Merit following a year of three top-fours and 10 top-25s in 18 starts. Closed the year ranked T4 in Total Birdies, with 240.

Latinoamérica Tour Championship presented by FirstBank: Finished T4 at the season-ending tournament, weekend rounds of 70-68 at Dorado Beach Resort in Puerto Rico leading to the top-five performance.

Lexus Peru Open Presentado por Scotiabank: Entered the final round at Los Inkas GC with a one-stroke lead. Was 4-over on the last three holes to card a 73 and finish two strokes outside a playoff.

Honduras Open presented by Indura Beach and Golf Resort: Finished T4 in Honduras, where he held a four-shot lead through 36 holes after a 9-under 63 in a second round. On his way to 63, tied a Tour record with seven consecutive birdies.